Timmy at 17 months

As of the 23rd of September Tim walks by himself. Below is a video of his second attempt - the first one being very spontaneous and we were just in complete awe when it happened. Now, a few weeks on, he is already a lot more confident and even tries to run sometimes, with varying success. This has been one of these big milestones that needless to say we're very happy about.

A 9th tooth has gotten through - a first molar on the bottom right. Actually make that 10 teeth - first molars on top and bottom right.

We can't be happier to report that he's been doing very well at kindergarten. He gets along really well with the other kids in the group and is generally happy to be there. When we drop him off in the mornings the other kids start screaming "Timmi ist da!!!" (Timmy is here!), which is really cute to observe. The teachers asked me if I wanted to be (a scapegoat) on the parent committee, so now I am going to have my first 'parent committee' meeting this Wed... we'll see... I don't mind putting in the time to help them , since they're looking after Timmy so well.

Another thing to report is to say that Tim takes after his father in terms of his love of vegetables. This means that the only vegetable that he (usually) will eat is potatoes. But we have invented a little scheme to "assist" him. One of Tim's favourite foods is bread, so we would give Tim a little piece of bread for every spoonful of vegetables. It's not a favourite game to play, but so far it works... although something tells me not for long :)

Some photos from Sept/Oct: